A pilot study for errors of commission for a boiling water reactor using the CESA method

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-98

  Podofillini, L ^a   Dang, V N ^a   Nusbaumer, O ^b   Dres, D ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boiling water reactor; Errors of commission; Human reliability analysis; Probabilistic safety assessment

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; BOILING WATER REACTOR (BWR); ERRORS OF COMMISSIONS; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; OPERATOR RESPONSE; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 84866269057     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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